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F. RICE, A. & M. APPLE.

TOBACCO BILLING MACHINE. No. 251,135. Patented Dec. 20,1881.

WITNESSES: 4 INVENTORS A fi: u nw 1 uldflmf I BY Q/LM TT RNEY UNITED.STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN RICE, ADAM APPLE, AND MOSES APPLE, OF VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP,MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO;

SAID MOSES AND ADAM APPLE ASSIGNORS TO SAID RICE.

TOBACCO-HILLING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,135, dated December20, 1881.

Application filed October 10, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANKLIN Bron, ADAM APPLE, and MosEs APPLE,citizens of the United States, residing in Van Buren township, in' thecounty of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented a new and usefulTobacco-Billing Machine, of which the following is a specification.

Ourinvention relates to a machine the frame of which is supported onaforward wheel and the rear end on a revolving scraper consisting of aseries of hoes, which are brought successively into operation by a tripoperated by angular projections on the side of the said ground-wheel,thus forming hills at regular spaces as the machine is drawn across thefield, and is found useful in forming hills for planting tobacco and forsimilar purposes. We attain the object by the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure I is a side elevation of thebillingmachine. Fig. II is a top view of the same.

Similar letters designate like parts in the two views.

A represents a wooden frame consisting of two rails connected by across-bar at the forwa|d end and two other cross-bars near the center.At the rear end are attached handles 0, like those of plows, and at theforward end is attached a draft; oke, H. The wheel D is held in hearingson the frame and carries the forward part of the same. On thelateralface of this wheel are bolted a series of angular projections, o,equidistant apart. The number of these projections used is determined bythe requisite distance between hills.

E is an iron bar supported in bearings on the under side of thecross-pieces, in which it freely moves. The angular arm F is pivoted tothe frame, and its inner end is jointed to the bar E. The partprojecting forward has a bearing on the middle cross-bar, and this endsupports the roller T.

S is a spiral spring connecting the arm to the rear cross-bar, andserves to carry the locking-bar back when moved forward by the action ofthe projections of the wheel.

The operationis thus: As thecarrying-wheel rotates the projectionssuccessively engage the roller. This action carries forward thelockingbar, and at each forward movement of the bar a hoe is released,and the one in contact with the soil discharges its load, whichforms'the hill, and so on successively at regular, spaces.

The locking-arm or trip may have an extension, as indicated bydottedlines, and the roller be acted on by projections diametricallyarranged on the supporting-wheel.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a billing-machine, the combination, with the frame, of thesupporting-wheel D, provided with cams or projections v, thereciprocating bar E, the elbow-lever F, spring S, and revolving hoes orscrapers B, substantially as shown and described.

FRANKLIN RICE. ADAM APPLE. MOSES APPLE. Witnesses:

G. A. WALTMIR, WILLIAM WATKINs.

